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MBCowan · 12-26-2007, 09:42 PM

Had similar issues. Wanted to run OE with VISTA. Main difference was that Windows Mail would not download mail from hotmail.com (which I used for situations where I didn't trust the sender not to sell my e-mail address). Tried to use Outlook instead, but the current Microsoft Office Suite (2007) doesn't include Outlook unless you pay an additional $100 or so, and I'm not sure if that would download hotmail.com either. Finally was able to install Outlook from the 2003 suite but, eventually, gave up and went to Thunderbird. There are add-ons that help import mail from OE and/or other computers into Thunderbird, but not always 100% effective--some e-mails got lost in the process.

12-26-2007, 09:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
MBCowan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northeast US Posts: 2 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: [SOLVED] Obtaining Outlook Express on its own Had similar issues. Wanted to run OE with VISTA. Main difference was that Windows Mail would not download mail from hotmail.com (which I used for situations where I didn't trust the sender not to sell my e-mail address). Tried to use Outlook instead, but the current Microsoft Office Suite (2007) doesn't include Outlook unless you pay an additional $100 or so, and I'm not sure if that would download hotmail.com either. Finally was able to install Outlook from the 2003 suite but, eventually, gave up and went to Thunderbird. There are add-ons that help import mail from OE and/or other computers into Thunderbird, but not always 100% effective--some e-mails got lost in the process.